Hi Jill, this is Monica S, I used to teach at Irving. I admired the excellent art education you provided at Irving. Not only did you teach studio art, you incorporated art history. You inspired creativity and opened eyes to art as another form of expression, like music. The children may not have liked a particular piece or style being studied, but they learned to appreciate the energy that the artist put into a piece. Trying to understand, well, anything, from varying viewpoints encourages critical thinking. Thank you for being an outstanding educator (and an artist--I absolutely love the sketch "mexico spring 2011").
Hi Jill, this is Monica S, I used to teach at Irving. I admired the excellent art education you provided at Irving. Not only did you teach studio art, you incorporated art history. You inspired creativity and opened eyes to art as another form of expression, like music. The children may not have liked a particular piece or style being studied, but they learned to appreciate the energy that the artist put into a piece. Trying to understand, well, anything, from varying viewpoints encourages critical thinking. Thank you for being an outstanding educator (and an artist--I absolutely love the sketch "mexico spring 2011").
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